The host of the quick travel is lacking in virtue for eight generations

Chapter 593: Palace Fights Are All Scheming

Normally, if they wanted to place spies, shouldn't they place them near the emperor? They could always know the emperor's movements and whether he was going to deal with them. Why would they place them in the harem?

When Xiao Yun hypnotized several people, he also asked them if they had any accomplices in other palaces, and the answer they got was that they didn't know.

They communicated with each other using secret codes or by placing letters at a designated location. The letters also used secret codes, and no one knew who the recipient was.

Well, there is something lurking in this harem.

After Xiao Yun packed up, he glanced at his adopted son, took a pill of strength pill, and headed towards Fengyi Palace with Yuegui and Li Hong.

The concubines had to first pay their respects to Queen Qiao Wan, and then she would lead them to Ci'an Palace to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager.

Because of the delay, when she arrived, the other concubines had already arrived and were sitting in the Wutong Palace talking.

However, as soon as Xiao Yun walked in, the hall instantly became quiet, and everyone's eyes turned to her, including Qiao Wan who was sitting at the top.

"Greetings to the Queen."

She knelt slightly and saluted Qiao Wan.

Qiao Wan immediately said softly, "Sister Xiao, there's no need to be so polite. Hurry up and get up. Why are you so late today? What happened?"

The worry in her tone was very real. No wonder the original body was confused. If she didn't know the plot and didn't look at the other person's face, she wouldn't be able to tell.

There really is no trace of acting at all, her eyes are so genuine and sincere. I'm afraid she must have hypnotized herself to achieve this effect.

Before Xiao Yun could answer, a pretentious voice rang out: "That's right, Sister Xiao Fei, why are you so late today? We were just talking about it, worried that the eldest prince might be ill~"

Xiao Yun looked to the right and dug out the other person from his original memory. Oh, it was Concubine Liu, Qiao Wan's loyal dog and substitute.

"Thank you for your concern, Lady Liu. I played with the eldest prince for a while longer yesterday, so I got up a little late today."

Seeing that the Queen remained silent, Concubine Liu continued, "But it's already morning. It doesn't matter if we wait, but how can we let the Queen wait? Who knows, the Empress Dowager might also..."

Xiao Yun interrupted her and said, "Don't we go to Ci'an Palace at dawn every day? Once we get there, we have to wait for a few moments before the Empress Dowager wakes up. I think we'll still make it in time."

After saying that, he looked at Qiao Wan, wanting to see what she would say. Based on his previous experience, Qiao Wan would have to pretend to be a good person at this time.

As expected, Qiao Wan smiled and said, "It's really not too late. This time is just right. Lady Liu is also worried that it's too late. Let's go now. We can talk about anything on the way."

After saying that, he stood up first and walked out of the hall. Everyone followed closely behind him. Xiao Yun deliberately walked a little behind, slapped a low-level bad luck talisman on Concubine Liu, and then took two quick steps to walk behind Qiao Wan.

According to her status, she was only below Qiao Wan and should have walked in front of those concubines.

Emperor Yongkang had few concubines in his harem, only five in total: Qiao Wan, her, Concubine Yu, Lady Liu, and Concubine Xu, who was also a maid arranged by the Empress Dowager. However, because of her plain appearance, she was taken over by Concubine Yu first.

Xiao Yun originally wanted to cast a bad luck talisman on Qiao Wan so that she could collect some interest first, but when she saw the string of red beans on her wrist, her eyes flashed and she changed her mind.

After digging through the original body's memory, I found out that Qiao Wan had been carrying this string of acacia seeds with her since she became the queen. It was said that it was a gift from Emperor Yongkang.

It seems to have been brought back from outside the palace in disguise. It was bought from a southern merchant. In that place, it is said to be a symbol of love, and it is mostly given to lovers.

After Qiao Wan died, the bracelet was given to Qiao Danfeng by Emperor Yongkang...

Xiao Yun smacked his lips. Could this be the cause of Qiao Wan's early death?

This thing is called acacia, also known as chicken bead, gentleman bean, beauty bean, etc. Its leaves, roots, and seeds are all poisonous, especially the seeds are the most poisonous.

There is no problem when it is left there as a whole, but if it is to be made into jewelry, it needs to be pierced. Once the internal structure is destroyed, the toxin will be released.

Symptoms of poisoning include loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, difficulty breathing, cyanosis of the skin, circulatory system failure, and finally hemolysis, hematuria, and gradually death from respiratory asphyxiation.

It's okay to wear it occasionally for a short period of time, but if you wear it for years, the toxins will penetrate through the pores of the skin, not to mention if there are wounds.

Thinking about it, it seems that Qiao Wan has never left her side. If she had brought the baby with her when she gave birth, then who would have died if she didn't? She would have been lucky that she didn't take the baby with her.

As for Jordan Feng, he must have felt a little uncomfortable with this so he didn't wear it, and that's why he escaped the disaster.

Xiao Yun felt that if he didn't do something, he would be unworthy of the knife handed to him by Emperor Yongkang.

He directly took out a needle as thin as an ox hair from the space, and then used his spiritual sense to control it to pass through the hole of the acacia bean, leaving a small tip outside. As long as Qiao Wan touched it, she would be pricked.

The needle was very thin, so even if it pierced Qiao Wan, she wouldn't have much of a reaction. She might not even notice it, and would just think it pinched a hair.

This poison is not the kind that will take effect immediately. We can at least wait until we have paid our respects and returned home. Then we can see if the imperial physician can diagnose it.

However, even if it is diagnosed, it will be of no use. There is no specific medicine for this poison in later generations, and even if it is diagnosed, it cannot be cured.

And even if they couldn't find out, Xiao Yun would lend them a helping hand. She really wanted to see what expression Emperor Yongkang would have when he found out that the gift he had given had killed his beloved woman. Just thinking about it made her excited.

After entering Ci'an Palace, they first waited in Yannian Hall. Palace servants served them tea, but no one drank it, probably because they were worried about having to go to the toilet.

As expected, the Queen Mother did not come out until a quarter of an hour later. Xiao Yun used his spiritual sense to see that she had actually gotten up early, drank tea and had snacks in the inner hall, and waited until the time to come out. It was obviously intentional.

"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen Mother. May Her Majesty be blessed with good health~"

Qiao Wan and a few others bowed together.

Fortunately, this dynasty did not practice kneeling at every turn. Here, people were required to kneel to heaven, to earth, and to parents. Kneeling was only performed during large-scale sacrifices or weddings and funerals. Normally, when seeing the emperor, men would stand and bow solemnly, and women would bow with a bow of all bows.

"No need to be polite, just sit down. Are Yue'er and Shengke okay? Why didn't you bring them here for me to see? I haven't seen them for a while..."

"what--"

Before she could finish, a scream was heard nearby, and everyone turned to look towards the source of the sound.